Question

The underlined words form a compound adjective in the given statement. State whether true or false:
It is a densely-populated area.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

A compound adjective is formed when two or more adjectives are joined together to modify the same noun. A compound adjective can be formed using different forms of speech, which along with another adjective function as a compound adjective. In the sentence, the words ‘dense’ is an adjective and ‘populated’ is a verb. We use a hyphen between the two to make it a compound adjective that describes the area, i.e. noun, to avoid confusion between the words. Thus ‘densely-populated’ is a compound adjective, hence the statement is true.